All companies on the Internet have a firewall, even an older filtering firewall. here is a simplistic diagram of Internet – Modem – Firewall – Local Switch – Computers on network. Do you know what your firewall looks like from the Internet? When a hacker looks at your network how does your firewall actually … Read more
If you are not in the IT field who would understand all the details of a potential hack-attack, here are some headlines in news today that may not create a full picture: http://www.darkreading.com/perimeter/ddos-attackers-exploiting-80s-era-routing-protocol/d/d-id/1321138? Which means the old RIPv1 or Routing Information Protocol has abilities that can be exploited. If you have an old router, or … Read more
As Washington Post wrote a story about the old Lopht group visit to the Capitol Hill. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/business/2015/06/22/net-of-insecurity-part-3/ Do you remember the following historical events? True in 1871 Chicago had 330,000 residents. (from https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/CHICAGO-IN-1871-Great-Fire-of-1871 ) But this is what happened when many things happened simultaneously and overwhelmed the fire department response due to conditions(dry): The area of … Read more
Did you Have Anthem Health Insurance? Did you shop at Home Depot? Kmart? Or all the other retailers that were hacked? Did you work on a government project? Then you were affected by the Chinese espionage hack of the OPM (Office Personnel Management) So the “Hackers” have my personal info, … Read more
Newsflash to all CEO’s when do you understand the problem of no mistakes no matter the potential of attack? Bruce Schneier https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/06/hacking_drug_pu.html Hospira Infusion drug pumps: http://www.hospira.com/en/products_and_services/infusion_pumps/ So the infusion pump helps reduce clinical safety and is now on the network. Guess what will happen next? Hackers will hack… Sure it may take some time … Read more